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Thames Water spokesman Craig Rance said: “While our sewer network in Chilton is working as it should, it is struggling with the sheer volume of water going through it after England’s wettest year on record.

“Heavy rainfall has overwhelmed rivers and streams, and in turn our sewerage system.

“The ground is already sodden, so water is running across the surface and into our sewers, which are designed to take wastewater from homes and businesses, not flood water too.

“We have been using tankers to take away sewage while focusing our efforts to help protect people from internal flooding.”

Stewart Lilly, county councillor for Sutton Courtenay and Harwell division, which includes Chilton, said: “Frank contacted me about this and I then rang Thames Water to get them to deal with this as soon as they could.

“Thames Water are under a lot of pressure because it appears the heavy rain has been making the sewerage system overflow.

“There have been similar situations throughout the county.

“This may not have been 100 per cent resolved in Chilton but at least Thames Water engineers are working on this.

“The Lane is not a main street, but it’s still ghastly to have sewage coming up onto the lane.”

In December, residents in Oxford said at least 20 homes in the city were blighted by sewage because of the floods.

People living in Western Road, South Oxford, Earl Street off Botley Road and South Hinksey blamed Thames Water for the problem, claiming not enough was being done to maintain the city’s sewers properly.

Thames Water denies maintenance failures and said the volume of heavy rain, combined with one of the wettest summers on record, was the cause.